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cgs commented on Ask HN: Who is hiring? (June 2025) · Posted by u/whoishiring

AaronM · 3 months ago

Lumin Digital | Senior Site Reliability Engineer | REMOTE (US based) | Full Time | 170k - 200k

Lumin Digital sells software to credit unions and banks. We are looking for a senior SRE that also has experience building and maintaining cloud based data analytics pipelines. We are also always looking for Staff level SRE's for more general positions.

We have a great culture, unlimited PTO (4 weeks a year minimums), and a pretty awesome team.

When you apply please mention this post!

https://jobs.lever.co/LuminDigital/005572eb-117a-4fdf-a9bb-c...

cgs · 3 months ago

Any positions in macrodata refinement?

cgs commented on Show HN: CarCheck – Car Buying Checklist App usefulchecklists.com/... · Posted by u/thorlon

jonfw · a year ago

I was shopping trucks for like a year and ended up going with a small SUV and a trailer instead. The small SUV has enough cargo space on it's own 90% of the time, and the trailer handles everything else.

A lot of smaller vehicles have a tow capacity that is more than enough to handle your typical trailer of furniture, yard waste, lumber, etc.

cgs · a year ago

Of course the tradeoff here is hitching / unhitching, something to consider.

cgs commented on Ask HN: Where have you found community outside of work? · Posted by u/plemer

cgs · 2 years ago

Folk music. I've been playing Irish traditional music as a hobby for years and it has always been an excellent gateway to making friends with like-minded people.

Pursuing a hobby seriously and finding others who are also into said hobby is a great way to make meaningful connections with others.

cgs commented on Zero point leet seconds (2018) susam.net/blog/zero-point... · Posted by u/susam

cgs · 3 years ago

Flew Newark to Portland on UA 1337 the other day. If only that flight took 0.1337 sec...

cgs commented on Want to live in a van down by the river? Ford has a new vehicle for that cnbc.com/2022/11/03/ford-... · Posted by u/cebert

cgs · 3 years ago

I wish they would sell the VW California in the US - it’s already kitted out for camping. Anyone know why they don’t?

cgs commented on Should you trust your gut? vox.com/even-better/23338... · Posted by u/abhaynayar

cgs · 3 years ago

I think us programmer types need to be careful about overanalyzing major decisions and completely ignoring our gut feelings. When choosing a life parter for example, you can find someone who "looks good on paper" and ticks certain boxes on what you think you want, but maybe they aren't a good partner for you for simpler reasons. Unless you are self-aware enough to know what will actually make you happy, you shouldn't discount your feelings. Derek Siver's "Hell Yeah or No" comes to mind here.

cgs commented on 38% of remote workers work from bed axios.com/38-percent-remo... · Posted by u/rufus_foreman

cgs · 4 years ago

Ugh, never. Bed is only for two things.

cgs commented on Replacing grass lawns with native plants chicagotribune.com/suburb... · Posted by u/gennarro

krupan · 4 years ago

I hope the people commenting about how great this is have really tried it for a few years. In my experience, living in the dry western U.S., it's not that great. You go from a cheery bright green lawn that only needs a quick mowing once a week to a bunch of drab desert plants and the need to do some back breaking hauling and spreading of wood chips every spring to keep the weeds (you know, also "native" plants) from growing. And as others have said, it's not usable for anything other than looking at or for doing more yard work. No soccer or frisbee among the shrubs. People pointing out that you can still mow your "prairie grass" down to a usable lawn must not live in the western US. The "native" "grass" here is all sagebrush and a variety of thorny things.

cgs · 4 years ago

It's not all roses. We are on year 2 after hardscaping/xeriscaping our central Oregon yard. We took out all grass and put in about 40 native plants and grasses, mostly on our easement. Our main lawn is mostly mulch. We ran into a few issues. 1 - one time a freak wind storm with 40+mph gusts blew some of the mulch away and we had to get about 1/2 yard more to replace it. 2 - our yard is on a slope and we did not account for proper drainage. During a huge storm, part of the yard washed out. We have since put in a drain/sink and it's fine now. We still have to weed and touch up the mulch. So just know it's not a maintenance free thing. I'd still do it again though for the the following reasons: 1 - much lower water usage. 2 - one less asshole on our street running lawn equipment. I absolutely hated maintaining/cutting grass. 3 - Really nice curb appeal. It actually looks great and we've had neighbors ask about it.

cgs commented on Ask HN: Do you create music? let's hear it · Posted by u/saadalem

cgs · 4 years ago

I play traditional Irish flute: https://woodandsilvermusic.bandcamp.com

I enjoy traditional music because of its simplicity. Just you and the instrument!

cgs commented on Drunken Sailor – Public Domain Sea Shanty opengameart.org/content/o... · Posted by u/app4soft

DavidWoof · 5 years ago

Every time I see that clip I feel obliged to point out the green shirt guy who shows up around 1:50 on the far left singing the harmony. He's essential to the richness of the sound of the chorus.

Which always leaves me wondering how common this would have been in the 1800s. Back in the days when listening to music at home meant playing it, was your average group of scalawags always going to have a few people who sang in the church choir as kids and knew things like oblique harmony?

cgs · 5 years ago

That is a really interesting question. I'd guess most would sing in unison, but I bet there were pockets where the musicianship was on point.